The process for managing the system state of base object and cross-reference records to affect the processing logic throughout the MDM data flow. You can assign a system state to base object and cross-reference records at various stages of the data flow using the Hub tools that work with records. In addition, you can use the various Hub tools for managing your schema to enable state management for a base object, or to set user permissions for controlling who can change the state of a record.

State management is limited to the following states: ACTIVE, PENDING, and DELETED.